DAY FOUR
After a long bus ride overnight (though we´ll admit that we did both sleep for most of it thanks to our good friend, Gravol), we arrived in a very cute little town called Pucon, which is a small outdoor adventure type town home to many hostels, shops and resto´s, on the lake and shadowed by the Andies mountains. We knew instantly that we´d have a great time here as our guide Alberto informed us there´d be plenty of activities to choose from! He was definitely right as as soon as we checked into our hostel, a little Chilean man (who owned a travel agency) showed up with a slide show of all the stuff to do. Some looked great (volcano climb) and others didn´t (paintball). We made a decision as a group and decided to go with a white water rafting trip for this afternoon, to do the volcano climb on Friday, and then enjoy the Hot Springs on Saturday.
We popped around the town a little bit, had a delicious lunch of burgers, and settled into the hostel. The views of the lake and surrounding town were lovely!
look at the size of this burger (PS the random in the back is not the caddy from Happy Gilmore, but our guide Alberto)!
We then asked ourselves a very important question - what do you wear when you go white water rafting when it is winter outside (like 1 or 2 degrees maximum) and when you know the river´s flowing strong thanks to metling snow. Answer - a simple wet suit with booties and gloves, of course (Gillian immediately looked skeptical but Justine was already splashing around in the river, and there was no turning back).
G Adventures group picture before hitting the water for our white water rafting
We ended up having a great time, though we were really chattering at the end! Justine went in the water voluntarily and Gillian had the misfortune of being of the side of the boat that was dipped in the river at one point (Justine saved Gill, though). Somehow we got in both the smallest boat, and the one where nobody knew how to paddle (cough cough English boys). It was very rough and very wet with level 3 and 4 rapids but somehow, we survived (yay!). The guide even gave Team Canada mad props.
After the best showers of our lives and some pisco sours, we, alongwith Alexandra from New Zealand, joined forces to make a delicious lasagna dinner for the group. Despite having only butter and no oil, it turned out great (probably in large part thanks to the wine we used to give the sauce some body). After swapping stories and sharing with our new friend over a glass of wine it was off to bed for the next day. Fun fact we learned by the way, Gillian apparently has a stronger Canadian accent than Justine. Wasn´t sure if that was a compliment or not ha! Time to sleep in advance of our climb!
After a long bus ride overnight (though we´ll admit that we did both sleep for most of it thanks to our good friend, Gravol), we arrived in a very cute little town called Pucon, which is a small outdoor adventure type town home to many hostels, shops and resto´s, on the lake and shadowed by the Andies mountains. We knew instantly that we´d have a great time here as our guide Alberto informed us there´d be plenty of activities to choose from! He was definitely right as as soon as we checked into our hostel, a little Chilean man (who owned a travel agency) showed up with a slide show of all the stuff to do. Some looked great (volcano climb) and others didn´t (paintball). We made a decision as a group and decided to go with a white water rafting trip for this afternoon, to do the volcano climb on Friday, and then enjoy the Hot Springs on Saturday.
We popped around the town a little bit, had a delicious lunch of burgers, and settled into the hostel. The views of the lake and surrounding town were lovely!
We then asked ourselves a very important question - what do you wear when you go white water rafting when it is winter outside (like 1 or 2 degrees maximum) and when you know the river´s flowing strong thanks to metling snow. Answer - a simple wet suit with booties and gloves, of course (Gillian immediately looked skeptical but Justine was already splashing around in the river, and there was no turning back).
We ended up having a great time, though we were really chattering at the end! Justine went in the water voluntarily and Gillian had the misfortune of being of the side of the boat that was dipped in the river at one point (Justine saved Gill, though). Somehow we got in both the smallest boat, and the one where nobody knew how to paddle (cough cough English boys). It was very rough and very wet with level 3 and 4 rapids but somehow, we survived (yay!). The guide even gave Team Canada mad props.
After the best showers of our lives and some pisco sours, we, alongwith Alexandra from New Zealand, joined forces to make a delicious lasagna dinner for the group. Despite having only butter and no oil, it turned out great (probably in large part thanks to the wine we used to give the sauce some body). After swapping stories and sharing with our new friend over a glass of wine it was off to bed for the next day. Fun fact we learned by the way, Gillian apparently has a stronger Canadian accent than Justine. Wasn´t sure if that was a compliment or not ha! Time to sleep in advance of our climb!
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